The Royal Norwegian Society for Development (Norges Vel) was established in 1809 and is one of the oldest active organizations in Norway. Norges Vel has been involved in inter-national developmental work since 1978 and has vast experience from various countries and regions around the globe. Our mission is to help build viable local communities at home and abroad.

The overall goal of Norges Vel's International work is to reduce poverty and to fuel local economic growth through local business development, mainly based on sustainable and climate-smart use of local natural resources. Our interventions shall contribute to broad-based, increased income levels and to increased employment in local communities. By aiming at the agriculture and aquaculture sectors, and by introducing clean energy solutions to local communities, we also target some of the biggest challenges facing today’s world.

We have skills in the fields of entrepreneurship, collaborative solutions and CSR which we employ actively to promote nature-based commercial development in Norway. Our knowledge of the private as well as the public sector and of the whole of the available apparatus makes us a strong collaborative partner.

Norges Vel’s international strategy tackles some of the most challenging issues of modern times, namely climate change, shortfall of energy, poverty and the need for increased food production. Our work with business development and profitability for small-hold farmers and entrepreneurs is placed centrally in our strategy to meet with these challenges.

Organisation and collaborative solutions

For us in the Royal Norwegian Society for Development, it is important that the wealth that is created remains in the local community. Correct organisation and good agreements between local bodies can strengthen the market position and yield better results than if one stands alone.

Business organisation is a matter of more than corporate structure and collaborative solutions. The Royal Norwegian Society for Development contributes to the development of new, creative collaborative solutions for partnerships, strategic alliances, strong commercial chains which ensure that both values and workforces work to the benefit of the business and the local community.